Tell Business Leaders: Help Repeal Alabama's Anti-Immigrant Law

The beginning of Alabama’s economic expansion began with the removal of the Confederate flag from the Alabama Capitol. Now, as Alabama’s dark civil rights history repeats itself through the state's recent anti-immigrant laws, why aren’t companies that have benefited so much from Alabama labor standing up against racism that targets immigrant families?

Car companies chose Alabama for manufacturing operations because of the promise of a positive business climate and a good labor market. But Alabama’s draconian anti-immigration law, H.B. 56, has been an unmitigated disaster.

The law has legitimized racial profiling, terrorized persons of color regardless of their legal status, frightened children, entrapped foreigners, and damaged Alabama’s state economy. And as the cost to Alabama’s economy continues to increase, as workers continue to flee the state, automobile manufacturers are doing nothing.

Since the bill was passed, a German Mercedes-Benz manager and a Japanese Honda manager faced charges for not “carrying their papers.” Daimler AG, Honda, and Hyundai Motor Company are all major foreign-owned businesses operating in Alabama and know firsthand the destructive and demeaning menace of H.B. 56.

Hateful laws like this aren't good for our Alabama, and they certainly aren’t good for business -- and we need business leaders to make sure lawmakers know it. Urge them to call for the immediate repeal of H.B. 56.

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